Swivel connection for elevator conveyers



Dec.

L. B. NEIGHBOUR SW1-VEL CONNECTION FOR ELEVATORJONVEYERS Filed Aug'. 22 1921 [nass Patented Dec. 4, 1923.

UNITED STATES & com- SWIVEL CONNECTION FOR ELEVATOR. CONIEYER-S. I Y

Application med August 22, 1221,.y serial 120.4949252. f

To all wiz-0m t may concern.'

Be it known that I, LEONARD B. NEIGH- BOUR, a citizen of the United States, residing at East Moline, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. Swivel Connections for Elevator Conveyers, of which the followingis a speciicatiomreference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

My invention relates to conveying machinery of the classv shown and described in Patent No. 1,353,841., issued to me under date of September 28, 1920,-to which reference is made for a more extended descrip-hL tion, the invention hereinafter described and claimed relatingv more particularly to the swivel connection of the conveyer hopper to the conveyer proper. The object of my invention Vis to improve the swivel connection for more effective operation, other objects being disclosed in the following specification. p

Referring to the drawings in which similar numerals indicate identical parts- Figure 1 illustrates the application of my invention to the rear of a conveyer and the forward end of a hopper. Figure 2 is an enlarged detail section on the line 2+2 Of Figure 1. Figure. 3 is a detail section onA the line 3 3 of Figure 2, and Figure 4 is a plan View of the top fof the upper section of the support. Y Y

To the lower part of an inclined conveyer 1 is secured a support comprising bars -2 and 3 converging upwardly and rearwardly to a casting 4. A similar structure is secured.

to the opposite side ofthe conveyer and is partly shown-in dotted lines in Figure 2, in which `5 is a casting ,identical with the casting 4, and 6 is a supporting bar corresponding to the bar 3. The free ends of the castings 4 and 5 are bifurcated Vto receive bearings 7 and 8, preferably integral with the upper section 9 of a two part support, Vreinforced by webs 10 and 11 and lined with bushings 12. A shaft 13 is rotatably supported in the bearings 7 and 8 and has keyed on one end a sprocket 14.-

Preferably integral with the section 9 is a downwardly extending cylindrical part 15 fitting within a similar cylindrical part 16 preferably integral with the lower section 17 of the housing. They section 17, is rotatably secured on the section 9 by a plate 18 on which the base ofthe cylindrical party 16 rests and which fisrigidlysecured to the cylindricalpart 15, by bolts 19 which eX- tend through suitable lengthwise .borings in the wall of the cylindrical part 15 and through a plate 20 within the sectionv 9.

'Keyed on the shaft' 13 within the section 9 is av bevelgear 21 lwhich meshes with aV bevel vgear 22 rigidly mountedon the upper endof a `verticalshaft 23'.` The shaft 23fis LEONARD B. NEIGHBOUR, or `nner Norme, ILLINOIS, AssIGNoR 'roDEE-:an

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rotatably journaled in openings in theplates 18 and 20 and in upper `and lower roller bearings 24 and 25 respectively within 4the. cylindricalpart `15,y a .collar 26 separates the l two sets of bearings. 'On the lower end ofthe shaft 23 is Vrigidly. secured a bevel gear 27 which meshes with a bevel gear 28 rigidly-mounted on a horizontal shaft 29. The shaft 29 is journaled in bearings 30 and 31 lined with bushings 32-.and 33v respectively,and preferably ntergra'l with the section 17. The section 17 andthe bearings 30 and k31 are reinforced by webs 35 and 36, and boththe sections 9 and 17 4are provided Awith openings ,(37 Aand 38v respectively, which, arentili'zedin assemblingmy device and which are normally .closed ,respectively by dust proof caps 39 and 40 secured in place byA bolts. or screws.l A sprocket 34 is secured rigidly .on'the shaft 29.

`As more clearly shown anddescribed in .the patent'above referred to, the movableV extended hopper 52 is connected to my devi'ce by the arms 76 mounted respectively on opposite sides of the hopper v52 g' the upper ends of said arms are bifurcated to receive the bearings 3() and A31. .Power tooperate 'a conveyer,l in the bottom of the hopper,is

transmitted through the sprocket 14,.'actuating vthe-'train of gears within the sections 9 and 17, and operating the hopper conveyer through suitable gearing connected therewith andfwith the sprocket 34.

The conveying devices 1 and 52 can be y swung laterally in either direction relatively to each other, as provided by the pivotal connection of the parts 9 and 17 of the support; they are also adjustable longitudinally independently of each other, the conveyer 1, through the supports 2 and 3, beingmovable about the shaft 13 to a greater or less degree of angularity than shown in the drawings, and it can also be` moved longitudinally toward or from the conveyer 52,

the parts. 9:#...a'nd 17 lof thel supporti'. heing'y capable""of` a swinging movement Yon the shafts 13 and 29 respectively.

posed train ofi' gearing, the combinationv therewithfofa two parti support forsaid gearing, oneparlt.supportedl on the convey'er andhaving a cylindrical portion, and the second"y lpart supported' onJ the conveying *hopper andihavihg'f".y a-` cylindrical portion,` i' the second1 part having af cylindrical portionk rotatably' connected with the cylindrical port-ion of thel first" 'part', and means to secure thel two parts together;

In' a'conveyer mechanism;V in which av conveyingjhopper`l is pivotally connected with the conve'yer and 'operatedlloyv an interpofse'dI train ofgearing, the 4c'omloination therewith of aV two part sup-port for said gearing supported' respectively on t-hel convveye'rf` and' the'conveyinghopper, means connecting* the` twoa partstogether and includingl a cylindrical portion onl onepartvv rotate ably mounted/oni aj cylindrical portion of theotherpart, and means to secure the two 'parts'V together.

4. In a conveyer mechanism, in which a conveying" hopperV is 'pivotally connected with thel conveyer, the combination therewith of'av two'vp'art'support secured respec-` tively onfth'econveyer and conveyer hopper7 a shaft mountedin: Vhearings onv one part,

a similar'shaftfmountfed in;v bearingson; theV secondpartf, each part having a cylindrical" Aportionone' within the other and rotatable relatively to each-other, a shaftv journaled in said cylindrical portions, intermeshing gears mounted on said shafts, and= means to actuate said shafts from a source of power.

5. In a conveyer mechanism, infwhichLa.

conveying hopper is pivotally connected" to the conveyer hy a vsupporting element composedof two-parts secured respectively to the conveyer and conveyer hopper, each part havingY a cylindrical portion secured one within the other and rotatable relative to each other, a horizontally'- disposed shaft journale'd in bearings onone of said parts,

a similar shaft journaled in bearings on the other part, gears von saidV shafts, a` shaft journaled in hearings in 'said cylindrical portions,'gearson'said shaft in mesh with" the gears on the other shafts, andY means toactuatesa-idshaft's from a sourceofpower. L6. In a conveyer mechanism, in which a conveying hopper is pivotally connected to a:

conveyer'by a supporting element'c'omposed of two parts secured respectively to the conveyerandl conveyei hopper, each part having a cylindrical portion-secured'one withinv the other and rotatable relative to eachy other, a horizontally disposed; shaft jour-v nalediinhearings onone of'said parts, asimfnv ilar shaft journaledin bearings onthe' other part iny a plane parallel tothe plane ofthe iirst mentioned shaft, a'vvertical' shaftv jour- Vnal'ed in bearings in` the cylindrical parts, intermeshm'g gears mounted on said shafts,

and means to actuate said shafts from a source of power; A

r. In a conveyer mechanism in which a conveying hopper is pivotally connected with the'conveyer andoperatedhy an` interpo'sedf train `ofgearing, the 'combination therewith vof a support composed of.y two parts rotatably connected' and supported.. respectively on the conveyer and conveying hopper, a shaft journaled-'i-n hearings in7 oney part of said support, a shaft journaleda in bearings in the second part of said support,

gearsfon said shafts, a vertical shaft' sup- 'ported' in a hearing in the `rst partof saidi support andgears thereony in meshiwith the gears on the other shafts.

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